I managed to read 21 books in 2012 (all but 2 of them from August to December). This doesn't count the 30 novel length fics I re-read earlier in the year. (Yes, I went back and counted them ( Read more... )

Treated myself to a new tattoo tonight. The second of my own permanent passport stamps. A puzzle piece with the Canadian Flag ( Read more... )

My NY pictures are up on my Facebook. Clicky. I'm not sure if you can view the album if we aren't friends.

I am home from my weekend in NYC. I had never been before, and I hit the ground running. I got into LaGuardia at just before 10am, and set off towards Manhattan. I walked almost 13 miles on Friday, and saw the following: Queens (including Flushing), Times Square, the USS Intrepid Air & Space Museum, Donna Bell's Bakery (owned by NCIS' Pauley ( Read more... )

Nothing much going on here. I've been slacking in both my 100 Things posting and my Xena Rewatch.

I've been playing Draw Something with ladyforash, txduck, kierabot and a couple other friends. I SUCK! But it's a lot of fun.

Apparently I'm not the only one that hasn't been feeling very creative lately. txduck is putting together an icon battle, and I tossed my hat into the ( Read more... )

My trip is just around the corner. I'm looking forward to finally meeting denorios and chirugal in person ( Read more... )

After talking to littleotter73, I've decided to forego the rail pass, and such. I still need to look into booking my first couple of rail tickets though since I'll only be in London the first night before heading north ( Read more... )

I can't believe my trip is NEXT MONTH!

I now have accommodations for every night of my trip, including a night on chirugal's couch. (btw, I so tried to use @ instead of LJ tags, oh how Twitter has taken over my life ( Read more... )

Here's the deal. My friend Kiera (lives in PA) and I are planning on moving to Portland and being room mates and basically taking the PNW by storm. Now, due to my England trip (and her dad), our original Summer 2012 plan has been pushed back to Spring 2013. All good. Gives us more time to save, me more time to throw shit away, etc ( Read more... )

At least for me ( Read more... )